Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Unpublished Material raster digital data true shca_rch_09State of Floridahttp://research.myfwc.com/features/view_article.asp?id=29815Tallahassee, FlFFWCC This dataset is a representation of the diversity of species SHCA identified in FFWCC's Wildlife Habitat Conservation Needs in Florida report. Pixel cell value indicates the total number of species SHCA identified at that specific location. In 1994, researchers in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission completed a project, entitled Closing The Gaps in Florida's Wildlife Habitat Conservation System (Cox et al 1994), assessing the security of rare and imperiled species on existing conservation lands in Florida. These biologists used a variety of species occurrence data, habitat data and a geographic information system (GIS) to determine the protection afforded to focal species on publicly owned lands and identify important habitat areas in Florida with no conservation protection. These areas, known as Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCA), serve as a foundation for conservation planning in Florida by clearly depicting the crucial need for species protection through habitat conservation. The results of this research have provided biologists, policy-makers, land-use planners and the citizens of Florida the tools and opportunity to help meet our wildlife conservation goals. Over time, the Closing the Gaps report became outdated. Since 1994, landscape-level habitat changes, transfer of land from private to public ownership and changes in land use altered the ability to accurately assess Florida's biodiversity and wildlife conservation status. As a result, Commission biologists and managers recognized the urgent need for a revisiting of Florida's Closing the Gaps project. Advances in technological capabilities, revised habitat data, and more extensive species occurrence data facilitated a reassessment of Florida's biodiversity protection status. Additionally, advances in population viability modeling techniques allowed examination of wildlife habitat needs with a degree and clarity that was not available in the previous report. The results of this project have helped determine how habitat protection needs have changed since 1994 and where protection efforts need to be focused to ensure conservation of Florida's wildlife for future generations. Data are intended to provide landscape-scale guidance to decision makers involved in public land acquisition, land use planning and other land conservation efforts at regional scales. Data were primarily based on medium-scale (30m) land cover data classified from Landsat 7 ETM+ imagery, therefore should be used only at 1:100000 or smaller scales. Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information. en 20030401unknown2009 publication date Complete As needed State of Florida -87.429040-79.87225130.98319124.49281552638.000000799728.00000045678.000000781608.000000 NONE GIS mapping FWRIplace Statewide Florida ISO 19115 Topic Categorybiota All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes. Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such Records Technician FWC_FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) Records Technician mailing and physical address

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Tallahassee Florida 32301 USA 850-488-6661 850-922-5679 gisrequests@myfwc.com 8:00-5:00 false false 2 FMRIcommon names GRIDMicrosoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000 GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges and all pixel cells were classified. FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) March 2004 Unknown raster digital data State of Florida Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission http://research.myfwc.com/ false Unknown unknown [Species Name] potential habitat Spatial and Attribute Information publication dateCD-RomUnknown Field GeoPlan obtained dataset via CDROM from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. - Changed the file name from scha_richness to scha_rch_09 - Added descript field based on VALUE - Added FGDLAQDATE field20091112GeoPlan Unknown This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlanThis data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan VALUE Total count of individual species strategic habitat conservation areas identified ESRI false VALUEInteger400 SHCA_RCH_09.VAT SHCA_RCH_09Table6 COUNT Pixel count for cell value ESRI false COUNTInteger400 RowidRowidOID400Internal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.DESCRIPTDESCRIPTSmallInteger200GeoPlan added field based on VALUEGeoPlanFGDLAQDATEFGDLAQDATEDate880The date GeoPlan aquired the dataGeoPlan Pixel value represents the total count of individual species strategic habitat conservation areas identified A grid identifying the total count of individual species strategic habitat conservation areas identified. Records Technician FWC_FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) mailing address

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